IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Opequon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MD001001A
  • User Pedon ID: 88MD001001A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0504
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60622
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Lane 1, 60 feet from the top (side C). Paul Robinette Farm;
  • State: Maryland
  • County: MD001—Allegany

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Opequon
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, dry; silt loam; strong fine angular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine to coarse roots; 2.5 fine to coarse tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02589. many fine to coarse roots
    1R—19 to 29 centimeters (7.5 to 11.4 inches); fragments. Ledge of black (dolomitic) limestone.
    1Bt—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume limestone, unspecified fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 88P02590. many clay films surface features on faces of peds